UX Researcher · UCL PhD Researcher
A UCL PhD researcher who brings publication-grade research rigour to your product. You get someone who understands your users at the deepest level, because understanding human behaviour in digital environments is my entire intellectual life.
I work at the intersection of behavioural psychology, interface design, and product strategy.
My PhD at UCL investigates how social media design shapes teenagers' capacity to act in alignment with their own intentions.
That question has made me a sharper researcher, a more rigorous designer, and someone who understands why products fail their users at a level most UX researchers never reach.
Beyond research: Kathak practitioner for 14 years. Published poet. 2nd Prize at IIT Mandi's international research conference.
"The gap between what teenagers intend to do on social media and what they actually end up doing is not a willpower problem. It is a design problem. And design problems have design solutions."
Intention–Action Alignment in Adolescent Social Media Use
Why teenagers don't do what they intend to do online, and how platform design is responsible.
How do infinite scroll, notifications, and algorithmic feeds disrupt intention–action alignment?
What interface affordances support autonomous engagement instead of compulsive use?
Can intention–action alignment be operationalised in EMA-based longitudinal research?
Built a research-driven product for aviation training institutes. Conducted 15+ user interviews, defined 4 core features, reduced design-engineering revisions by 30%.
Identified 8+ key pain points. Reduced workflow ambiguity by 32%. Produced annotated design documentation.
Researched 55 students using personality segmentation. Created behaviour models and contributed to two published papers.
Conducted heuristic evaluations of cybersecurity tools and designed 12+ high-fidelity dashboards.
Playing for Wellness: A Diary Study of Videogame Usage and Adolescent Wellbeing
AI-Powered Strategies to Mitigate Cognitive Dissonance
PersonPerception: Unveiling Confidence in Judgment
Addictive Interfaces
Frameworks for Replicating Human Depth Perception
Harnessing Confirmation Bias in Design
Student Attentiveness Assessment
Presented at IIT Mandi — MBCC 2025
2nd Prize — Impetus & Concepts
First Class Distinction — Kathak Visharad (14 years)
Runner Up — PICT International Competition
Regional Finalist — IIT Bombay E-Yantra
Author — Resilience (Poetry Collection)
If you're designing products for young people or commissioning research on the intention–action gap, consider approaching it through the lens of autonomy.
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